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Ax-HELVE GRIP.

v SPECFHEATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,463, dated February'lB, 1902.

Application filed June 12, 1901.

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Be it known that LCYRUS W. TODD, a cinizen of the Unitedv States, residir] g at Orwell,

y in the county of Addison, lStateof Vermont,

have invented certain new and useful vImprovements in Ax-Helve Grips, ,of which the following is a full description, suchv as will enable others skilledin the art which it appertaiusto make'andy use the same, reference being `had to the accompanyingdrawings.

Myinvention has relation to ax-helve grips;

and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofits parts, as lhereinafter de- Y,

scribed.

Y metallic detachable grip for ax-helves, the

grip being hollow throughout its interior, thereby rendering it light in weight, and having at one end a socket with tapering walls adapted to receive the end of the helve, which is tapered to correspond. The socketed end of the grip 'is provided Withan external bead, which is adapted to strengthen that portion ofthe grip where theV greatest strain comes. The other end of the gripis provided with a surface at right angles tothe longitudinal` axis of the grip, and the center of this surcan be turned slightly to-one side or the othe v.

to suit the fancy of the axman.l

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of thegrip and a portion of the helve. Fig. 2 is an end view of the grip, showing the transverse longitudinal axis of the same alined with thatof the ax-head. Fig. 3 is an end view of the grip, showing the same turned to one sidewith relationto the ax-head; and Fig. 4 is an end view of the grip,'showing the same turned to the opposite side with relation to the axhead.

The grip lis hollow throughout its interior, and its general contour is substantially the The object of my invention is to provide a` semi no. 64,236. (No man.)

same as that of an ax-handle end, withthe exception that it is provided at one end with an v external strengthening-bead Qand at the opposite end with a surface' .3, the object of which will be hereinafter'explained.

' The grip is made of any suitable material, y y

such as iron, steel, or aluminium; At,v its ,inner end it is provided with the sockett, having inclined walls,`saidrsocket beingladapted to receive the end ofv the ax-helve 5. -A

screw 6 extends transversely through the helve in a manner as shown in Fig. 1 and se v curely holds the grip to thehelve, the bead 2 strengthening the grip at Athe point where the greatest strain comes. during the use ofl The surface is adapted to receive the ax. the force of the yblow in driving the grip on the helve. The center of the said surface is ,substantially` alined with the longitudinal axis of the helve,-so that the force is sent direct Aand the grip is forced squarely in'vplace without binding.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the grip maybe turned slightly to one side'or the other with relation to the longitudinal axis of the axhead to suit the fancy of the axman or it maybe placed in apositionasshown in Fig. 2.

The advantages of my invention are as follows and appeal most to choppers who are operating in isolated sections: The most prolitic cause of trouble and loss of time in'such ber, and of dierent pattern, lt always takes the bestpart of "a day fora chopper to get usedto a new helve. A broken helve means a lost hand from the gang and a lost days wages for himself. With my invention when a chopper breaks his helve in the woods he vsections is the breaking of ax-helves'. When can cut down a stick largeenough to fill the ax-eye, flat it, hew it a little, fit the grip on with his jackknife, and finish his days work,

the iitting of the new stick requiring about twenty minutes` time. He can shape the stick when he gets time, and it is always the same old grip that he is used to. He can put the grip on to suit himself-straight with theax-head or turned a little to one side or the other. v

The chopper can at will detach the grip from the helve, which renders the ax much less liable to misappropriation.

By providing the socket 4 with tapering walls a green stick may be used for the belve, and when it shrinks the screw 6 can be removed and the grip can be driven on farther, the surface 3 receiving the blow and thus saving the end of the grip from being battered.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with an ax-helve made of a straight piece, a detachable grip constituting an extension of the helve for a greater part of the gripping portion thereof, said grip consisting of a single piece of integral portions, said grip in itself forming a complete handhold, said grip being curved. down along its longitudinal upper and lower edges and merging at its end into a circumferentially- 'iiared butt, and a means for securing the grip to the helve.

2. In combination with an ax-helve made of a straight piece, a detachable grip oonstituting an extension of the belve for a greater part of the gripping portion thereof, said grip consisting ofasinglepieceofintegral portions, said grip forming in itself a complete handhold, said grip being curved down along its longitudinal upper and lower edges and merging at its end into a circum'ferentially-lared butt, said grip having at its outer end a plane surface the middle of which is substantially alined with the central longitudinal axis of the helve, said plane surface extending at right angles to said axis and a means for se curing the grip to the helve.

In testimonyT whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

^ CYRUS V. TODD. Witnesses:

R. A. HALL, J. S. WILcoX. 

